Thursday, May 31, 2012

Step Up My Game

In life, I’m all about
the little things. Little things add up to make a big difference, after all. But in my wardrobe….

I could blame
motherhood or life-juggling, but the truth is that I haven’t had a knack for
putting together complete and total outfits since, well, ever. Top covered + bottom
covered = dressed?

Then I went to
Ireland. Where I fell in love with scones and round towers and James Joyce and
flats. Not apartments—shoes. At a store called Dunnes I found four pairs of
adorable flats, and every last one fit my feet. (Note--I bought all four pairs and spent about $30...not Euro, dollars!)

my favorite Irish shoes

You need to understand
that I have short-wide (aka duck-foot-shaped) feet. I usually wear one to two
sizes too big in shoes just so my wideness can have room. I’ll have an inch or
so in the toe but be breaking out the sides.

I have Irish feet?

When my parents
returned to Ireland a couple of years later, my mom asked me what I wanted as a souvenir. Flats.As many as you can fit in your
suitcase.

May 1st
started our Summer of Healthy Living, which means better eating, exercising,
reading, praying, and (because I love to pile on the goals), for me, a
challenge to play with my “look.” I want to add accessories. I want to do stuff with my hair. I want to find a mascara that doesn’t flake into my eyeballs. I
want to experiment with color and texture.

At least two days a
week, I am going to think outside my style box. Look—I bought a headband. Now
you know I’m serious.

Your post made me giggle! "I love to pile on the goals" I'm with you friend! I hope your summer results in many of those goals worked on and your health improved! And I love flats. They are very comfortable to wear over heels :)